2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
Rosehip May (lat. Rosa majalis) - cold-resistant and unpretentious shrub of the genus Rosehip (Latin Rosa) from the Pink family (Latin Rosaceae). A rapidly growing shrub with a beautiful fragrant flowering has occupied a certain niche in the landscaping of Russian cities. Its orange-reddish fruits are high in vitamin C, and therefore are used by humans not only for food, but also for medicinal purposes.
Description
The perennial of the May Rosehip is supported by a taproot extending deep into the soil and adventitious roots extending horizontally from the stem.
On the surface of the earth, the plant is represented by a branchy shrub, reaching a height of 2 meters. The twig-like slender reddish-brown branches of the bush are protected from intruders by solid thorns, which like to be located at the base of the petiole leaves in pairs, looking frighteningly at the world with their curved ends, similar to pointed sickles. Their scarcity is added by slightly curved or straight thorns-needles, which cover young shoots without flowers, as well as branches located in the lower part of the shrub, in more friendly clusters. Shoots intended for flowering are usually devoid of thorny defenders so as not to scare off pollinating insects.
The compound leaves of May Rosehip are formed by elliptical leaves arranged in pairs on a common pubescent petiole of a compound leaf. There can be from 3 to 7 such pairs on one petiole. The veins of the leaf plate, fanning out from the central vein of a simple leaf, turn its edge into a wavy one, giving the leaves a decorative and delicate look. The glands sometimes hide under the hairy pubescence of the petioles.
Large fragrant flowers, which appear in the world from May to August, often prefer solitude, but occasionally 2-3 flowers can gather together. Their delicate dark pink petals, five in number, frame a yellow woolly core with numerous pistils and stamens.
Globular smooth red-orange fruits have an edible fleshy shell with a sourish taste, inside which are bristly and hard nut seeds. Narrow and relatively long sepals remain on the top of the fruit after ripening in the form of a green crown.
Usage
Rosehips are a real natural pantry filled with a number of vitamins necessary for the human body, among which vitamin "C" is the leader. In addition to vitamin E, bristly seeds contain valuable fatty oil.
A person could not indifferently pass by such a pantry, and therefore began to actively use the fruits of the May Rosehip, collecting them at maturity, but before the first frosts, which turn the fleshy dense shell into a soft gruel, pleasant to the taste, but no longer suitable for drying for future use β¦
All kinds of medications, tablets, syrups, potions, extracts used as a vitamin remedy, in particular, for prophylaxis against scurvy, are prepared from the harvested May Rosehip fruits.
Rosehip oil is obtained from bristly nuts, which has excellent wound healing properties.
Lovers of rose petal jam also use May Rosehip petals for similar purposes. They also produce pink vinegar from the petals.
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